A new China-Iran economic and military agreement and this fall's expiration of the global arms embargo on Iran could dramatically upend international relations by expanding China's global reach, empowering Iran to threaten America's regional allies, undercutting U.S. efforts to pressure both nations and further destabilizing the Middle East.
The Iranian Islamic revolution of 1979 had important implications throughout the Islamic world, and Turkey has been no exception.
With its embrace of the Amman Message, China has succeeded in finishing what its economic investments began.
China and India clash amid simmering border tensions;
Scores of soldiers fell to their deaths as hundreds fought;
PLA warplanes enter Taiwan Strait;
U.S. to sanction Chinese officials connected to Xinjiang camps;
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Russia to retaliate for British sanctions;
Russia rebukes U.S. over media freedom;
Governor arrested for old murders;
Moscow digs in in Moldova